Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: October 26th Meeting
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…
Class II Injection Well Permitting: Earthjustice Petitions U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Revoke Ohio's Delegated Program
Earthjustice (“EJ”) filed an October 11th document titled: Petition to Determine by Rule that Ohio’s Class II Injection Well Permitting Program No Longer Represents an Effective Program to Prevent Underground Injection that Endangers Drinking Water Sources and Fails to Comply with the Requirements…
Natural Gas Compressor Station: Petition Filed Before U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Challenging Title V Permit Renewal Denial
Harvest Four Corners, LLC, (“Harvest”) submitted a Petition for Review (“Petition”) on October 11th before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”). The Petition challenges the EPA Region 6 denial of a Title V Air renewal application and renewal…
Title VI Civil Rights Act/Environmental Justice: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency October 12th Letter of Concern to Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
The United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (“EPA”) sent an October 12th Letter of Concern (“LOC”) to the following Louisiana state agencies: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) Louisiana Department of Health…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and the City of Wilmot Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Wilmot, Arkansas, (“Wilmot”) entered into a September 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System…